# Rahul Gandhi slams NTA, Modi over UGC-NET retest for 3 subjects 2026-08-17T08:07:16+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 3 independent outlets Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the National Testing Agency's (NTA) decision to conduct fresh UGC-NET examinations for English, Commerce and Sociology. The NTA cancelled the June exams after a committee found errors including repeated questions, misspelt names and distorted book titles, The Times of India and The Hindu report. In a post on X, Gandhi said exams held from June 22 to 30 were cancelled nearly two months later, forcing thousands of candidates to retake them in September. "NTA makes the mistake but the student serves the sentence," he said, demanding accountability from the NTA leadership. He also questioned whether the papers were leaked before the exam, alleging the education system had become "an extraction machine" that takes money, years and mental health without returning a job, The Hindu reported. The NTA announced retests for the three subjects on September 9 and 10. The agency said a committee found the errors could not be resolved by dropping defective questions, making fresh exams necessary, Deccan Herald reported. Gandhi said former education minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation was "the first step, not the last" and demanded that PM Modi answer for the system. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com - thehindu.com - deccanherald.com This story was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources. Last updated 2026-08-17T08:32:11+00:00. Tags: Dharmendra Pradhan, Narendra Modi, National Testing Agency, Rahul Gandhi, UGC NET Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/rahul-gandhi-slams-nta-over-ugc-net-retests-for-3-subjects/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/rahul-gandhi-slams-nta-over-ugc-net-retests-for-3-subjects/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/